The Tartan Cheerleaders take pride in cheering for SMES athletic teams throughout the school year. After the team's successful performance at summer cheer camp they deserve a few cheers of their own. Varsity and JV cheerleaders attended the National Cheer Association's camp from July 13-16 at the University of California San Diego, with twenty other teams from across California. The four days at camp were spent learning chants, cheers and dances and improving stunting skills. Daily evaluations by the NCA staff gave cheerleaders helpful suggestions for improvement.

The final day of camp consisted of competitions, evaluations and awards. Cheer Coach Jamie McCann is proud to announce the SMES cheerleaders left the awards ceremony with more accolades than any other team at camp, including the Top Team Award, the S.P.O.T. Award for safety, the Spirit Stick and bids to compete in the NCA National Competition for both the Varsity and JV squads. Senior Varsity Captain Ashtin Evans was presented with the Individual Leadership Award for her excellent contributions during captains meetings and strong leadership of her team.

Eleven Tartan Cheerleaders were nominated by the NCA Staff for the All American Cheerleading Team; junior Ashley Davis and sophomore Macey Davis were awarded spots on the team. Ashley Davis was honored with the Top All American Cheerleader Award for scoring the most points of all nominated cheerleaders. More important than any award the squad received from the camp staff who evaluated them, The Tartan Cheerleaders left camp with a new repertoire of cheers, chants and dances and became a closer team.